30 Jun 2026
Gemini Spark rolling out to macOS app for local tasks, automation
As previewed at I/O 2026, Gemini for macOS now supports Gemini Spark. This is the first of two big desktop app updates coming this summer, with the other being a new voice experience. Gemini Spark is Google’s 24/7 personal AI agent. To date, it has worked by using a remote browser and cloud computer with code execution capabilities. Gemini’s desktop app allows Spark to “help with tasks involving…
@9to5Google, Abner Li
2026
26 Jun 2026
Why SpaceX is the McDonald’s of AI
Have you seen “ The Founder ”? It’s the story of McDonald’s and how Ray Kroc (played by Michael Keaton) transformed the company from a local burger joint to a global landlord.
Mike Elgan
2026
25 Jun 2026
Gemini Computer Use Baked Into Gemini 3.5 Flash: Screen Control Now Pairs With Search and Maps
Google announced Wednesday that computer use — the ability for an AI agent to see a screen, click, type, and navigate software without a human at the keyboard — is now a built-in tool inside Gemini 3.5 Flash, available to developers through the Gemini API and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
News Desk
2026
24 Jun 2026
AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals
Top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, according to Bloomberg.
Lucas Ropek
2026
24 Jun 2026
Google delays Gemini 3.5 Pro launch to July as it tweaks its new frontier AI model
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google's DeepMind. Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images The release date for Google's next frontier AI model has been pushed to July, Business Insider has learned.
Hugh Langley
2026
24 Jun 2026
Anthropic's best model ever was pulled from the internet — here's what actually happened
On June 9, 2026, Anthropic released Fable 5 to much fanfare. It was the first publicly available version of its Mythos-class model, the most capable AI model the company had ever shipped to the general public, and within hours, it was sitting at the top of just about every major benchmark. It beat both ChatGPT and Gemini, was labeled state of the art, and before developers could even finish…
@YaddyVirus, Yadullah Abidi
2026
24 Jun 2026
Got $1,000? 2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy Right Now and Hold for the Next Decade.
Finding stocks to buy and hold over the next decade is no easy task. If you rewind to mid-2016, could you have predicted all of the various notable events that occurred over the next few years: COVID-19, the rise of generative AI, presidential election results, or wars? I doubt it. However, a few somewhat predictable items have panned out. One of those is cloud computing, which was just starting…
Keithen Drury
2026
24 Jun 2026
‘Who is going to pay us when we’re replaced by robots?’ The Indian factory workers told to film themselves for AI
The first time the factory supervisors handed garment worker Lalita* a head-mounted camera, she burst out laughing. “The way people mount a CCTV camera on a wall, they mounted one on us,” she says. The 32-year-old had been working at the garment factory on the outskirts of Delhi for nearly a year when management asked workers on her line to strap small cameras to their foreheads before starting…
Anuj Behal
2026
23 Jun 2026
DeepMind Chief Demis Hassabis says Google’s still winning AI talent
In an industry where a single breakthrough algorithm or architectural tweak can unlock billions in revenue, individual researchers have attained the kind of leverage and celebrity traditionally reserved for star athletes.
Reed Albergotti
2026
